Charles Dingle
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Charles Dingle (December 28, 1887, Wabash, Indiana – January 19, 1956, Worcester, Massachusetts) was an American stage and film actor.
Dingle made his Broadway debut in the short-lived drama Killers in 1928. Better roles followed including Duke Theseus in the 1932 revival of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Sheriff Cole in Let Freedom Ring in 1935. He made his musical debut in Irving Berlin's Miss Liberty in 1950.
A veteran of over 50 feature films, he was best noted for portraying hard edged businessmen and villains. He was best known for his role as Ben Hubbard, the crafty eldest member of the Hubbard family in The Little Foxes on both stage and screen, and for his role as Senator Brockway in the film version of Call Me Madam. Critic Bosley Crowther wrote of his performance in The Little Foxes in New York Times of August 22, 1941, "Charles Dingle as brother Ben Hubbard, the oldest and sharpest of the rattlesnake clan, is the perfect villain in respectable garb".[citation needed]
His last stage appearance was in 1954's The Immoralist co-starring with Louis Jourdan, Geraldine Page, and James Dean; it was also Dean's last Broadway appearance.
He was married to actress Dorothy White (1911-2008). Charles Dingle died of a sudden heart attack at age 68. He was cremated and his ashes scattered in Germany. His widow survived him by 52 years.
Acted in
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
1955
as Senator Fullerton
The Road Of Life
1954
The Elgin Hour
1954
as Miles Virdin
Half a Hero
1953
as Mr. Bascomb
Call Me Madam
1953
as Senator Brockway
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as Sen. Tom Reynolds
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as Sen. Clay
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1950
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Wendell Deeves
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mr. Brown
Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Anthony Pollet
Lights Out
1949
Big Jack
1949
as Mathias Taylor
Studio One
1948
Studio One
1948
as Judge Swanson
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Daddy Tom
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Col. Weatharby
State of the Union
1948
as Bill Nolard Hardy
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Mr. Whitley
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as John Dessark
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Charles 'C.J.' Chesley
My Favorite Brunette
1947
as Major Simon Montague
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947
as Raymond Arlington
Duel in the Sun
1946
as Sheriff Hardy
Sister Kenny
1946
as Michael Kenny
Three Wise Fools
1946
as Paul Badger
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946
as Danglars
Cinderella Jones
1946
as Minland
Guest Wife
1945
as Arthur Truesdale Worth
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Zach Mibbe
Here Come the Co-eds
1945
as Jonathan Kirkland
Together Again
1944
as Morton Buchanan
The National Barn Dance
1944
as Mr. Garvey
Home in Indiana
1944
as Godaw Boole
The Song of Bernadette
1943
as Jacomet
She's for Me
1943
as Crane
Someone to Remember
1943
as Jim Parsonss
Lady of Burlesque
1943
as Inspector Harrigan
Edge of Darkness
1943
as Kaspar Torgerson
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Senator Jim Waters
George Washington Slept Here
1942
as Mr. Prescott
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
as George L. Stafford
The Talk of the Town
1942
as Andrew Holmes
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942
as Dr. Ward O. Kenwood
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942
as Duncan Atterbury
Johnny Eager
1941
as A. Frazier Marco
Unholy Partners
1941
as Clyde Fenton
The Little Foxes
1941
as Ben Hubbard
One Third of a Nation
1939
as Mr. Rogers
Du Barry Did All Right
1937
as John Wainwright
Double Talk
1937
as Orphanage Attendant Bathing Charlie (uncredited)